Weather-strip.



H. HIGGIN.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLIUATION FILED 11:13.4, 1911.

1,004,788. Patented 0013,1911.

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HENRY HIGGIN, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE HIGGIN MANUFACTUR-ING COMPANY, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

WEATHER-STRIP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 4, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 191].

Serial No. 606,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HIGGIN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ineather-Strips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming apart of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effectiveWeatherstrip for curved or arched openings, more particularly forGothic, dormer and casement windows, or those of arched or semi-circularconstruction.

The invention consists of that certain novel construction andarrangement to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed, inwhich sheet metal strips are employed to close the opening between thesash and frame, and in which the weather strip is slotted transverselyto its length in order to permit the strip of material to be attached tothe curved surface.

In the preferred form of construction, a doubled strip or two sheetmetal strips are secured together along one edge of the opening to beclosed, with the free portion of the strips slotted or divided intowings, and in which the various sections of the two strips are placed instaggered relation to each other, so that the slotted portion of onestrip will fall upon the body portion of the other. In someconstructions, however, instead of having both strips attached either tothe frame or to the sash as desired, it will be found advantageous toattach one of the strips to the sash and the other to the frame, and inthis event, when the sash is open, the two strips will be entirelyseparate, but when the sash is closed, the two strips will be broughttogether and superimposed and effectually close the opening, in the sameway that the closure is effected when both strips are attached either tothe frame or to the sash.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a front eleaway to show the relation of thetwo parts of the strip.

1 is the semi-circular frame of an arched window opening grooved at 2,to receive the upper portion of a sash 3 of a swinging window.

4 represents the weather strip as a whole. This weather strip is formedof two similar parts or strips 5, 6, of resilient sheet metal,preferably of bronze, and as already stated, these two strips may besecured,-one to the fixed frame and the other to the moving sash, orboth may be secured together, and either to the fixed frame or to thesash. The essential feature is that when in use as a weather stripdevice, the two parts of the strip shall be superimposed.

In the preferable form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings,the two strips are secured together along one edge by nails or screws 7to the window frame 1. In order that the strips may be effectivelysecured around the curved surface, the free portions of the strips aresubdivided by transverse slots 9, 9, for one strip, and 10, 10, for theother, the slots being cut at right angles to the free edges of thestrips. The two strips are then secured together, or secured the one tothe frame and the other to the sash in such relation to-eaoh other thatwhen the sash is closed, the slots 9 of one strip will come opposite theuncut body portion of the other, and vice versa. In order that there maybe effective resiliency, the free portions of the two strips are bentinto a flaring position as shown in Fig. 2, and when the sash is closed,the two strips will be forced together to effectively close the openingbetween the sash and frame as shown in Fig. 3.

The construction as above described is applicable to any curved surfacewith which a closure is to be made by a door or sash, although asstated, the construction is especially applicable for Gothic windows.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A weather strip for curved meeting surfaces, comprising two strips ofresilient sheet metal adapted to be secured intermediate the curvedmeeting surface with the free edge of each strip divided into sectionsby transverse cuts, and with the divisions of each strip so disposed inrelation to the divisions of the opposing strip that when superimposedthey shall bear staggered relation to each other, to close the sectionswhen they are pressed together.

2. A weather strip for curved frames, comprising a double strip ofresilient sheet metal adapted to be secured to a curved surface alongone edge, with the free portion of each strip divided into sections, andhaving the divisions of each strip arranged in staggered relation toeach other to close the sections when they are pressed together.

3. The combination, with a curved frame and curved window sash to fittherein of two strips of superimposed resilient sheet metal securedalong one edge to the curved meeting surface of the frame and with thefree edges of the two strips slightly flaring from the said curvedsurface, the free portion of each strip divided into sections, andhaving the divisions of each strip arranged in staggered relation toeach other, whereby a complete closure will be made when the sash isclosed.

HENRY HIGGIN. Attest:

HENRY A. FABER, CONRAD GUENTHER.

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